Word: nationals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reilly is also a top-quality goalkeeper, with enough talent to start at almost any school in the nation. Except Harvard...
During his speech, Jenninger said, he tried to reach the youth of West Germany by describing the horrors of the Holocaust and explaining how a civilized nation could descend to sheer barbarism. "And when it got so bad, as it was in November 1938, people could still say, using the words of a contemporary--'What is it to us? Look away if it terrifies you, it is not our fate,'" he said...
Considered in the abstract, at least, the idea of making English the official language of American states seems reasonable enough. As supporters of the referenda often argued, it doesn't seem like a great imposition to ask United States citizens to learn the nation's native language. After all, learning a new language hardly seems too much to ask in exchange for the benefits of living in a free society. And having pockets of foreign-speaking people might have a divisive effect on the unity of the nation, the referenda supporters claimed...
...leniency. "RTM" (as Morris cleverly dubbed himself), didn't mean to do it, and his virus went awry due to a programming error, say his friends. Other friendly theories propose that Morris was just trying to prove something to his father, a computer scientist with the top-secret National Security Agency, or (get this) he was trying to perform a public benefit by showing how vulnerable the nation's computer systems are. One friend even says the virus will turn to Morris' profit, as his notoriety attracts hundreds of lucrative computer job offers...
Ultimately, Morris' pranksterism may produce more harm for his computer users in the long-run, as our government becomes convinced that tighter security is necessary to protect the nation's computers. As Harvard officials have noted in reports and speeches in the past, clamps on the free flow of information harm the nation's economy and innovation. Perhaps taking a firm hand with Morris will forestall our nation's leadership from taking more harmful measures...